Summary Of Boomerang Kids

Summary Of Boomerang Kids
Would you choose to backpack across the country with all expenses paid or enter the work field as an underpaid employee? In an article,
"Boomerang Kids: What are the Causes of Generation Y's Growing Pains" written by Rosie Evans, she expresses her feelings on the issue of the
Generation Y's challenges of entering adulthood in today's society. Clearly, anyone born between the 1980's to 2000's is considered to be a part of
the Generation Y or Millennial generation. Therefore, the reluctances of the Millennial's and entering adulthood has brought concern to the Baby
Boomer generation and society as a whole. In the article, Evans refers to two articles, the first article, Henig's 2010 New York Times article "What Is
It About 20–Somethings?" and the second article, blogger Scammed Hard! "What's Wrong with 20 Somethings?" both discussion pieces express
different points of view on the controversy. Namely Evans refers to Henig's article on how the Millennial generation's unenthusiastic leap into
adulthood must come from having a helicopter parent and the parenting style has enabled the mental growth in the twenty somethings. In addition,
Evans continues discussing how...show more content...
points out in an article the view on how the Baby Boomer's generation contributed to the destructive economy, combined with the significant student
debt, and the luxury of the middle class, has kept the Generation Y's scared to not meet the high expectations of
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Founding Brothers Summary
Founding brothers The author who wrote this book is Joseph J. Ellis. One of the greatest American historian and author of eight books, including the
ones we are reading. He also showed up majority of a national publication, such as PBS Documentary. He also got awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the
founding brothers: the revolution Generation and the top books he had published was American Sphinx, His Excellence: George Washington, and the
newest book that it came out called revolutionary Summary. In my opinion, many people who are interested in history or wanted to be a historian can
find more information about many important people make a huge difference in America and why did they conquered their goals and why George
washing become the leader

Many times our fears of what is unknown to us are often the strongest fears we hold as human beings. However, what if it was the fear of things we
already know that were the most powerful and influential in our lives? In modern society, many hold within themselves a deep–seated fear of the
technology that the world has become so revolved around. Additionally, it has recently become debatable whether or not this technology has become a
hindrance to members of the so–called iGeneration, born between 1995 and 2012, who have grown up in a world surrounded by technology. Truly, the
members of older generations, including millennials who have had themselves split off from the apparent technology obsessed generation of the
youngest millennials, have expressed their concern as to whether or not these vast differences in generations have to do with the unhealthy use of
technology. Among those to have analyzed this phenomenon is writer Jean M. Twenge who in her article, "Have Smartphones Destroyed a
Generation?," utilizes the study of a modern 13 year old girl named Athena to exemplify a plethora of determinants that technology has imposed on
young people and the slow deterioration of everything from independence and social skills to a decline mental health due to technology use. Many of
Twenge's statements reveal the belief that many members of iGen are unequipped to handle adulthood and are even less happy because of the
technology that has played a significant role in their lives

In Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph K. Ellis discusses a great deal of challenges that the revolutionary generation faced
at home and abroad as well as how the relationship of the founding brothers shaped the new nation. Ellis discusses the compromise for the new
location of the capital, the debate of slavery and why it was a big issue and lastly the friendships of Thomas Jefferson with George Washingtonand John
Adams in three main chapters that are The Dinner, The Silence, and The Collaborators.
Chapter two, The Dinner, goes back to eighteenth century. This chapter starts off with Thomas Jefferson's dinner held at his home in 1790 where
Alexander Hamilton and James Madison were invited. The men compromise on Hamilton's Assumption Plan. Throughout the chapter Ellis gives the
background of the fights for the location of the nation's capital and the way to resolve the national debt. When Hamilton told Jefferson that he
wishes to resign from Secretary of Treasury because his financial plan "was trapped in a congressional gridlock" because of James Madison's strong
disapproval of it, Jefferson agreed to help him (Ellis, 48). The recovery of Public Credit assumed that the "federal government would take on all the
accumulated debts of the states" (Ellis, 57). However, Madison disapproved of this plan because he worried that Hamilton valued speculators over the
common man who had fought in the Revolution. Also, many states had already paid off their

Summary: Annotated Bibliography
Melissa Lovato
"LP2.2 Assignment: Annotated Bibliography."
June 29, 2015
Thesis
People who play video games for more than 2 hours every day are introverted.
Shouldn't this generation be required to play Pac–Man, Asteroids, Galaga, Centipede Pit Fall or Frogger before they get to play Call of Duty, Grand
Theft Auto or Halo? The games these days have real life graphics and by some can be considered offensive and too graphic, having an (EC) early
childhood to (AO) an adult only rating (Entertainment Software Rating Board). Games went from being a nice hobby to a young kid to the average
gamer now being an average age of 34 years old. The popularity of game usage is detrimental to the American society, changing our nation to...show
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The same study showed several stats that were rather disturbing, like the average age of most frequent game purchaser was 39 years old. The exact
time line puts these people as the 80's kids when the games first showed up in households across the USA. The American elderly society is
wondering, what happened to the kids playing in the streets with kick the can, hide and seek, football, baseball and other games where exercise is
involved. Leading the way with 58% of the USA, our nation of couch sitting, lazy kids spending several hours a day playing video games. Sad to say
in this last stat by ESRB, 93% of the time parents are present at the time games are purchased or rented.
Almost every movie, gambling game, sport or popular event can be made into a virtual game and the trend has grown since the beginning of games
on computers. We have seen the consequences of the lack of respect from the kids these days to the obesity problems and failing grades in school.
The time for urgency is now and this is detrimental to future generations to come. The American society has a battle on its hands and it is up to us to
stand up and say enough is

Rewriting American History Summary
In "Rewriting American History," Frances FitzGerald claims that "each generation of children reads only one generation of schoolbooks," and those
children only have a particular version of America based on the textbook they read in schools. FitzGerald is correct in her claim that children read only
one generation of schoolbooks; however, children do not get a particular version of American history based on their schools' textbooks. Students should
realize that American history is constantly changing, and they cannot only depend on historians' opinions on historical events. Instead, they should be
open–minded to multiple perspectives of history and understand why people interpret it differently. FitzGerald supports her claim of how textbooks
evolve over time by contrasting textbooks from the fifties to modern–day. According to FitzGerald, people in the fifties had the belief that "America
was perfect: the greatest nation in the world," (778) and they...show more content...
She presumes that children only rely on textbooks to learn about history, and this is not true. Today, kids learn about historical events through multiple
media channels such as movies, articles, and books. Because of this, they are exposed to multiple perspectives and how historians interpret each event.
When students study different perspectives, they become more open–minded and understand why each generation has different beliefs based on
historical events. Although FitzGerald claims that history texts now are blunt about events and can be unpleasant, children exposed to those harsh
details apply their common knowledge based on perspectives of why those events occurred and have a better understanding of history. (778)
Therefore, it is false that children only have one specific version of America; instead, they are exposed to different perspectives, and that can help them
grow into open–minded, mature

The Lottery Of Birth Summary
When we are brought into this world there is no sense of urgency that we come to know as our lives go on we only have the most natural of needs;
to feed, seek comfort, and excrete. Being new to this world we are unaware of the current battle for dominance that is known to the rest of the world
men crawl over one another to exert themselves to the highest point so that they may acquire this power only to realize in the end that it is all
fleeting and that there are vastly more important things life has to offer. In the documentary "The Lottery of Birth" this is all exemplified to the
viewer and one arguably begins to ponder why? What is the meaning behind the way we behave not only as people but as a society as a whole. The
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In the experiment there were two people selected one a "teacher' who is the actual subject of the experiment and the other a "learner" who is an
actor and in on the experiment. They were both then told that the teacher was to go into one room and read off a series of questions and administer
electric shocks for every incorrect answer while the learner was to go into the other room and receive them however the learner wouldn't really receive
these painful electric shocks. The experiment has been reconducted over time to see if the outcome remains the same and since its initial inception the
results have remained more or less the same with the outcome of many of the teachers doing what they are told and continuing the experiment. The
Milgram experiment proves a powerful point in that we are taught to listen to commands and many of us do not question the person giving them even
if it can result in displeasure for

Aaron Burr Summary
In Nancy Isenberg's Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr, she tells the life story of Aaron Burr. Sharing many fascinating anecdotes about his
personal life that are so often overlooked, Isenberg manages to bring a different perspective on Aaron Burr that no historian has contributed before.
Isenberg provides a vast number of details about Burr's life, to help show that he was more than just the founding father that shot and killed Alexander
Hamilton, even though she disproves some of the points she makes in her writing about Aaron Burr. Growing up in New Jersey, Burr's life was marked
with tragedy early on; losing both of his parents within a year, Burr and his older sister were orphaned by the time Burr was two years old. Burr and
his sister were yet again orphaned when their grandparents also passed away that year, shortly after his parents. Eventually, Burr was taken in by his
uncle, Timothy Edwards, where he remained under his guardianship until he was old enough to care for himself. Due to his father's earlier position as
president of what would later become Princeton University, Aaron Burr was able to attend such a prestigious college at the mere age of thirteen. An
otherwise studious pupil, when the news of the Revolutionary War hit the college campus, Burr temporarily abandoned his studies to join the army.
After several years of dedicated service, Burr's poor health left him unable to continue his position as Lieutenant Colonel.
His misfortunate health did not stop Burr from accomplishing a lot in the years following his resignation. Burr became a practicing lawyer and
married his wife, Theodosia in the same year, only a few years after he left the army. It is interesting to note that his marriage with Theodosia was
taboo at the time, as Theodosia was almost ten years older than Burr and a widower with her own children. The two had a child together, also named
Theodosia, who Burr educated extremely well. Theodosia would grow up to take her mother's position as Burr's confidante after her mother passed
away several years into their marriage.
During this time, Burr was also involved in politics. He held many smaller positions at first, before defeating Alexander Hamilton's father–in–law, Philip

Summary Of Generation Plagiarism
The chances of cheating are increasing, which shows that young people are being less honest during our last few years. Many people blame this
problem on the changes of technology by giving an open opportunity for stealing others ideas and words. Many others blame it on the pressure that the
school and teachers are causing which pushes the students to cheat. Teachers and professors expectations are getting higher. They expect that humans
can do thousands of things at once, which is giving less time for students to finish work at a high level. Many studies have been showing an increasing
in cheating, which change some people's mind about what originality is. Copying without giving credit to the person you are stealing the ideas from,
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In " Generation Plagiarism" by Sarah Wilensky argues that stealing others work it's wrong and it shouldn't be permitted. The article is mostly about
being against cheating, and by using strict ways young people will start writing originally. One evidence is that" We write papers with our sources
open in neighboring windows on the same laptop screen, and we have access to more of other people's ideas than ever before–without even getting off
the sofa."(par 5). Wilensky's purpose of writing this is that she wants to show how easy is to steal others work just with other windows open and not
even getting up from the sofa. We have access to a lot of other ideas and work so it's so easy for us to copy and paste. Wilensky's solution is that" if a
professor or teaching assistant actually gave the big old F every time they wondered about a very familiar paragraph in a paper, our copy–paste
generation would quickly learn how to write originally and cite appropriately."(par 11). What this solution means is that if a professor gives an F
whenever he or she notices that this paragraph is familiar, so they can teach the copy–paste generation how to use and write their original work and
ideas. In "Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age " by Trip Gabriel mostly have the same point of view as Wilensky's. Gabriel also
argues that when you write a paragraph with a bunch of ideas and mixing them it doesn't mean that you have a new idea. One evidence is that " Now
we have a whole generation of students who've grown up with information that just seems to be hanging out there in cyberspace and doesn't seem to
have an author."(par6). What this evidence is showing is that now we have a generation that believes they can use anyone's articles and information as
it has no author. Internet is making the world easier for people just to copy and put no

Summary Of Mother Tongue By Amy Tan
In the essay, "Mother Tongue", Amy Tan lays out examples of noticing the different Englishes in her life and how she incorporates them into her
writing. She also breaks down the different versions of English that have taken root in her life. Tan notes that she includes all the Englishes of her life
in her book, The Joy Luck Club. Tan, the daughter of immigrants, learned to navigate between the "perfect" English of her professional life and the
"broken" English of her youth. The author's main claim of there being no perfect way of speaking English is one that can be easily recognized
because Tan gives clear examples of the diverse versions of English in her life, she pinpoints moments in which she sees the differences and discovers
how to accept and acclimate these differences to her life and career.
The author's purpose in writing this essay is to show that there are different forms of English – there is no one way of speaking the language. The
moment of realization for Tan occurs when she is speaking to a group of professionals and notices that she is speaking to them differently than she
would her mother. Tan obviously sees the difference in her speech pattern when she notes, "Just last week, as I was walking down the street with her,
I again found myself conscious of the English I was using, the English I do use with her." (Tan, 2006) In spotting her different versions of English
with her mother, Tan proves the point of her essay. She is correct in her theory that we speak to different people in our lives in a variety of different
manners. She brings to light an occasion with her mother's stockbroker where her mother's "broken" English would have caused confusion and Tan had
to represent her mother with a clearer English to make the point adequately. In that one memory, Tan integrates theEnglish people believe they should
hear and the English that exists in her life.
The author realized that her mother's form of English is one she automatically slips into when she is around her family, it is her "intimate" form of
English. As Tan and her mother are looking in furniture stores and debating prices, she begins speaking to her mother using the "imperfect" English she
grew up with. She states, "We are talking

The Dumbest Generation Summary
The book titled "The Dumbest Generation" published in 2008, written by Mark Bauerlein, who is a "professor of English at Emory University and
director of research and analysis at the National Endowment of Arts." (back cover) The general thesis of this book is "How the digital age stupefies
young Americans and jeopardizes our future," which happens to be the subtitle of this book. In the first chapter, Knowledge Deficits, the author talks
about how the teens in the 20th century have the same or even lower education level as teens 30 years ago. Bauerlein goes on and talks about how
the government is spending more for education compared to 30 years ago. In the second chapter, The New Bibliophobes, the author argues that teens
are reading less books and their literary skills are not improving as fast because they are more interested in digital and pop culture. In the third chapter,
Screen Time, lots of studies and surveys prove that teens are spending more time playing video games and socializing with each other online than
studying. In chapter four, Online Learning And Non–Learning, the author talks about how teens are abusing the technology and pretending to use it for
educational purposes, but in reality, the are using it for entertainment. In chapter five, The Betrayal Of The Mentors, the author explains if all teen
follow this pathway they will utterly destroy their future by not making suitable for having a degree, job and poetically family. Critique: Out of

Growing Up Tethered Summary
Summary of "Growing Up Tethered" Sherry Turkle's article "Growing Up Tethered" exposes the change in adolescent's demeanor while growing up in
a technology–fueled world. This modern world inhibits growth towards independence, causes psychological problems, and an intense amount of
pressure to uphold online identities. She opens up with various experiences today's youth have gone through trying to stay connected. Some go as far
as to risk their own lives and the lives of others to check their phone. With the recent increase in the use of technology, adolescents are unable to
become self–sufficient. Always having their phone in hand invades the right for children and teens to discover themselves. Parents expect their
children to always

The Writer's First Line Generator Summary
The Writer's First Line Generator is a website that has some computer–generated assistance if you are writing. This week wordpress has been
encouraging a daily post of flash fiction and it helped me identify a direction I could take to write my flash fiction post of two days ago.
However, yesterday I went back to the site to see if I could mine it more for inspiration. It suggested an introduction very, very similar to my post of the
twenty–fifth. This is what it had for me:
The afternoon when my brother murdered his wife, I became a millionaire's tailor.
I was unhappy that what seemed promising to get some flash fiction rolling was quickly becoming redundant.
Frankly, this sentence seems a little strange; it was refreshing to have a jump–off point two days ago for flash fiction, but the same general composition
would likely result if I went from there. However, tonight, I'm thinking about it, and suddenly I realize I can go to the Content Creation Tool below.
Basically, Spinbot alters a composition so that a substantial numbers of words among the whole of the piece are turned into different words. The result
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The mogul by necessity becomes less important and interesting than the less powerful character, the tailor. The mogul's behaviour is less important
overall than the tailor's behaviour, because the story is that of events in the tailor's life as they relate to he or she (and entertain the reader). Whereas
in reality a mogul might have more of an impact than the life of a tailor, in fiction that tailor may be more clearly defined as the protagonist and
therefore of greater relevance to the story going forward from the introduction suggested by the Writer's Line Generator. A reader could well be moved
more by circumstances in the life of a tailor if the reader is involved in the

Automatic Sentence Generator
AUTOMATIC SENTENCE GENERATOR SYSTEM FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION APPLICATIONS. JosГ© Luciano Maldonado. Universidad de
Los Andes, FACES, NГєcleo La Liria, edificio G, piso 1, Instituto de EstadГstica Aplicada y ComputaciГіn, IEAC, MГ©rida, Venezuela.
luzmalvy@telcel.net.ve maldonaj@faces.ula.ve Abstract. We describe an experimental computer program which can generate sentences automatically.
To do so, models are first created based on contexts of interest. These models incorporate word histories that are detected in a context dependent
training set of sentences. Not only will we be able to automatically generate sentences associated with the theme being modeled, but we will also be
able to help recognize phrases and sentences. In other words, this...show more content...
The training or modeling of the context consists basically of the search, coding and saving of the occurrence of contiguous word histories
corresponding to the sentences and paragraphs of the training corpus. We create coded blocks of word histories. The words in the histories are coded
by way of whole numbers. In figure 2, we give an idea of how we code the histories in the training corpus. The first word that appears in the first training
corpus (recall that we can work incrementally with various corpus) is assigned the number 1, then, the next different word is assigned the number 2,
and so on. The nth different word is assigned the number n. text to whole numbers histories of two words the origin ...................... ......................
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...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... 9 10 ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... 9 10 11
.............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. text to whole numbers histories

Founding Brothers Book Review Essay
Ellis, Joseph J. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Print. The book being critiqued in the following
review is Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis. Ellis' goal in writing this book was to define the political events and achievements that gained historical
significance because they framed the successive history of the United States. Ellis wrote on this specific topic because he felt the need to argue the fact
that the American Revolution and the greatness achieved by the founding generation were the result of a collective effort. Ellis emphasizes that the
success of the United States, at the time of its formation, was not an inevitable conclusion. At the time, it was an improbable result that...show more
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Ellis describes a heated House debate in 1790 where slavery was reluctantly addressed. Benjamin Franklin and James Madison's reactions are discussed.
Ellis recognizes that in this moment, compromise was absent and the divisions within the country were becoming increasingly conspicuous. Ellis
emphasize that making slavery a non–issue eventually led to the Civil War. The next event described by Ellis was the publishing ofGeorge Washington
's Farewell Address. Ellis addresses Washington's legacy and regard for future generations of America. In his next story, Ellis examines how the
relationships of 1776 turned into more sensible collaborations that would mold American history. Ellis focuses mainly on the relationship between
Jefferson and Adams as well as Adams' collaboration with his wife, Abigail. In his final piece of evidence, Ellis tells the story of the extensive
communication between Adams and Jefferson during the last fourteen years of their lives, restoring their lost friendship after a political betrayal.
Overall, based on the sources used, the history is unbiased, although Ellis does acknowledge the sometimes exaggerated and biased writings of the
Founding Fathers and of those who were around them at the time. These occasional obscurities are recognized and addressed by Ellis. However, the
book is historically accurate and gives an objective view of each situation. The claims made by

Gift Of Fire Chapter 8 Summary
The primary topic of chapter 8 in the Gift of Fire is risks and risk management. It teaches computer scientist how to control risks with man with
analyzing past mistakes and making a clear plan in the beginning. Theses tasks become very important when you are trying to make professional
programs as they help make sure the programs are able to run smoothly and efficiently. A program that is riddled with errors will cause arisk to the
company that relies on it to do whatever task the program is supposed to accomplish. These risks can make or break a company, so these companies
value programmers that are able to trouble shoot and make their programs error free. I believe it is important to use these tricks to reduce risks with
programs. The

Have Smart Phones Destroyed A Generation Summary
Teens today branded as iGen, the generation born in between 1995 through 2012, has grown with smartphones at their complete disposal. According
to, Jean Twenge, writer of "Have Smartphones Destroyed A Generation," the rise and sway smartphones and social media have over teens has
negative contributions over the emotions and behaviors of iGen, and they are "on the brink of a mental crisis." "There is compelling evidence that the
devices we have placed in young people's hands are having profound effects on their lives–and making them seriously unhappy." Twenge has studied
the patterns of behavior between generations documenting their contrasts. With her knowledge and 25 years of experience in the field of psychology,
she has found stark distinctions between work ethic, personal desires, physical and emotional responses. Twenge collected primary accounts from an
iGen who gave her perspective on how her generation responds. The 13–year old under the alias, "Athena," has testified these behaviors as valid....show
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To support her claim, Twenge presents the outcome of her research depicting the older generation as much more active and the new generation has
adopted an introverted lifestyle with only their phone and social media as entertainment and possible validation in their lives. Some, such as "Athena"
tend to validate themselves on how many likes they receive on a photo and measure their self–worth based on social standing. However, the rise in this
introverted lifestyle has also protected these children from physical ails. Case in point, attending parties with potential alcohol and drunk driving
which could cause the injury or death to the driver and the possible victim. Today's generation has experienced a dramatic decrease in physical danger
than the older generation would have considered it a normal and an average

Brother Future Summary
Brother Future (1991), directed by Roy Campanella II, starts off with TJ(Phill Lewis) a high school student selling stolen items to people in his
neighborhood. TJ is seen selling more stolen items by a police officer who begins to chase him. While running, TJ gets hit by a car and becomes
unconscious. When he wakes up TJ he finds himself in the middle of a slave revolt in South Carolina (1822). Later he is brought to a slave auction
and sold to Mr.Cooper. While working for Mr.Cooper TJ gets himself into all sorts of trouble. Being on the plantation TJ became friends with
many other slaves including the house slave Martilla, Josiah, and Caroline. Martilla( Vonetta McGee) tells TJ that to return to his own time " must
help another slave". After helping another slave with their chores TJ then tries to running away and is later caught by Zeke(Bernard Addison) who
whips him.TJ returns back to the plantation and helps Josiah(Michael Burgess) learn to write and read from a book Josiah stole from Mr.Cooper.
TJ decides that he wants to get Zeke in trouble, so he places the book in Zeke's cabin but forgets to take out the paper Josiah wrote his name on.
Then Josiah is whipped to the point where he can't move. Because Josiah can barely walk he sends TJ to meet up with Denmark Vesey and tell him
what happened. TJ later returns and tells Josiah what Denmark Vesey says, meanwhile Zeke is outside of the window listening in on the conversation.
Josiah, Tj, and Zeke were asked to work a

Is Google Making USupid Summary
In this article: Is Google Making Us Stupid ? NICHOLAS CARR reveals the epidemic effects of having the internet at our fingertips. The creation of
Google has been an amazing feat that has changed the face of the Internet. A project that would usually take weeks using books, magazines, and
encyclopedias can be done in the matter of days. He and his associates have stated personal effects of being accustomed to the Internet (specifically
Google) . As a writer, he has problems reading for a prolong period of time or instead of reading an article, skimming it instead. He states his future
worries of our generation losing the skills that allow us to have the willpower to read a book or complete a task. Our cognition is greatly affected by the

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